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“You’re thinking about it, aren’t you?” he asked.
“I trust you as well, but not all the way yet.”
“I understand. Should we sit and talk? I only have a little time before I need to handle a case for Lana.”
“It’s Saturday.” As soon as I said it, I realized it didn’t matter. Emeric didn’t live the life of a typical career person. His jobs required all-hours work, just like mine did. It sucked sometimes, but there was a lot of security and wealth in what we did. At least I was guessing about him. By the look of his home, Emeric wasn’t hurting. He must have had a lot of money to put into the hotel to make it what it is today.
“I, like you, don’t have a job that ends when I leave the building or a meeting. Owning a business is a round-the-clock endeavor; then add in what I do for Lana or Jordan, and the rest of you… It’s a lot to manage. Impossible? No. I value my sleep though.”
“And here we were waking you up.”
He stood upright, pulling up his shorts. “You can wake me any time you want. My sister cannot. For the record, if you want to surprise me, call, and I’ll let you in. You have to earn the code to the door.” He winked, then offered me a hand up.
I let him pull me from the floor, my dick still hanging out, which I tucked in. “What does that look like? More blow jobs or…”
“More of you, me, and Sylvan. This isn’t just us fucking, Oleander.”
“About Sylvan, would he be upset I was here, and he wasn’t?”
Emeric shrugged, then walked to the kitchen. “I don’t know him well enough to give you an honest answer. What I can tell you is, he and I shared a kiss. Are you upset you weren’t there for it?”
“One is a kiss, and the other is me putting your dick in my mouth while I come on your feet. To answer your question, no, I’m not. I would have loved to see it, but I’m not pissed.”
“Are you in this for more than sex?”
I nodded. “What you said before, what I need and want, that isn’t something to be had with a random person I just met. I want to build a relationship and have it thrive.”
“Then the three of us need to get together to talk. That’s the only way this will work.” I immediately thought about Sylvan and how he most likely wouldn't want to travel to the city or be here much, for that matter. Shit.
“How’s this going to work? You and I both live and work in East Dremest. Everything for us is here, outside of my family. What about yours?”
“If we want it, we’ll figure it out. My parents passed years ago. I only have Lana now.”
“I’m sorry.”
“Thank you, but we’re good. Having my sister made a big difference. I’m guessing you get a bit of that with Sheldon.”
I chuckled. “A brother not by blood but family just the same. We’ve been through a lot, and we haven’t killed each other yet.”
“You’ve never been together?” It was bound to come up at some point. Sheldon and I were tight, always had been.
“We tried it and failed. We weren’t meant to be anything more than we are now. He’s in love with Forest, and I’m happy for him. Sheldon deserves everything good in the world. After the shit he’s been through, no one needed a win more than him. I’m glad Forest could give it to him.”
“No feelings on your part?”
“Are you going to get jealous?” I tried to play it off as a tease, but thinking of him being jealous had its own appeal.
“I don’t get jealous, Oleander, and I won’t share outside of a relationship.” He gave me a pointed look over the top of his coffee cup before taking a sip.
I walked toward him slowly, sure to take in every inch of him from his feet to his eyes as I did so. “Possessive works for me.” Lifting my hand, I gripped the front of his shirt and twisted it in my hand as he put his cup on the counter. “But know it goes both ways. I don’t fuck around and expect the person or people I’m with to treat me the same. We do this, we do it right. In or out. No in between.”
Emeric’s answer was to press his lips to mine and kiss the fuck out of me. When he pulled back, his eyes were heated and his hard dick pressed against me. “I’m in.”
“Me too.”
Now we had to talk to Sylvan and make sure he was in with us.
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